TRT-2452 CR Branching View Commands

[neisw]

Create new commands related to branching activities

• sippy-generate-release-views will create new views definitions based on a prior release for a new release. It updates the sample and base releases as needed as well as changing ga to now for the still un ga'd newly branched release
• sippy-update-ga-release-views will update the relative now to ga for a given release

Both commands run TestProductionViewsConfiguration to verify the changes

Summary by CodeRabbit

Release Notes

• Documentation

  • Introduced comprehensive documentation for new release view management commands, including workflows for creating and updating release-specific configurations.

• Chores

  • Added new utility tooling for generating release view configurations from previous releases and updating GA-release related configurations with validation and diff preview capabilities.

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Walkthrough

Introduces documentation and a Python utility for generating release views configuration. Two new Claude commands are documented: one for creating component readiness views from a source release to a target release, and another for updating GA-release-related date configurations. A corresponding Python script implements the view generation logic with transformations for version increments, date replacements, and YAML preservation.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Change Summary
Documentation for release view commands .claude/commands/sippy-generate-release-views.md, .claude/commands/sippy-update-ga-release-views.md	New command documentation files describing sippy-generate-release-views and sippy-update-ga-release-views workflows, including argument parsing, interactive prompting, preview/apply modes, validation steps, and usage examples.
Release view generation utility scripts/generate_release_views.py	New Python utility implementing view generation logic: increment_release(), replace_ga_with_now(), copy_and_update_view(), and main() functions. Handles source/target release parsing, view lookup and transformation, preview display, conditional application with YAML formatting preservation, and error handling.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 3 (Moderate) | ⏱️ ~25 minutes

• scripts/generate_release_views.py: Pay close attention to the transformation logic in copy_and_update_view(), particularly the conditional rules for base_release updates, GA-to-now date replacements, and edge cases around cross-release vs. same-release scenarios.
• YAML formatting preservation: Verify the post-processing for empty dict normalization and ruamel.yaml usage maintains consistent formatting across multiple writes.
• Version increment logic: Ensure increment_release() correctly handles minor version advancement for the expected release version formats.

Pre-merge checks and finishing touches

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings, 1 inconclusive)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 75.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	You can run @coderabbitai generate docstrings to improve docstring coverage.
Single Responsibility And Clear Naming	⚠️ Warning	The copy_and_update_view() function violates SRP by handling view copying, name transformation, release advancement, and date manipulation. The main() function conflates argument parsing, YAML handling, file I/O, view processing, and formatting—too many concerns.	Refactor copy_and_update_view() into update_view_name(), update_releases(), and transform_relative_dates(). Break main() into focused functions for argument parsing, YAML loading/saving, view processing, and preview/apply logic.
Sql Injection Prevention	❓ Inconclusive	No verification output provided to analyze for SQL injection vulnerabilities in the PR.	Please provide the PR code changes or verification output to perform SQL injection vulnerability analysis.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Go Error Handling	✅ Passed	Go Error Handling check is not applicable; PR contains only markdown documentation and Python code with no Go source files.
Excessive Css In React Should Use Styles	✅ Passed	PR contains only documentation and Python files, no React/JSX code subject to inline CSS check.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'TRT-2452 CR Branching View Commands' accurately describes the main changes: two new commands for managing release views in a branching context.

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Actionable comments posted: 0

🧹 Nitpick comments (6)

scripts/generate_release_views.py (4)

70-80: Duplicate default_flow_style setting.

default_flow_style is set on line 72 (False) and then overwritten on line 77 (None). This is confusing and the first assignment is redundant.

     yaml.preserve_quotes = True
-    yaml.default_flow_style = False
     yaml.width = 4096  # Prevent line wrapping
     yaml.indent(mapping=2, sequence=2, offset=2)
     yaml.explicit_start = True  # Preserve the --- at the beginning
-    # Preserve { } with space for empty dicts
     yaml.default_flow_style = None

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10-12: Move imports to module level.

tempfile (line 111) and os (line 124) are imported inside the function. Per Python conventions, imports should be at the top of the module for clarity and to catch import errors early.

 import sys
 import copy
+import os
+import tempfile
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML

Then remove the inline imports on lines 111 and 124.

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110-127: Temp file not cleaned up on write failure.

If open(config_file, 'w') or f.write(content) fails, the temp file remains on disk. Consider using a try-finally or context manager to ensure cleanup.

+    try:
         with open(config_file, 'w') as f:
             f.write(content)
+    finally:
+        if os.path.exists(tmp_name):
+            os.unlink(tmp_name)

-    import os
-    os.unlink(tmp_name)

     print(f"\nSuccessfully added {len(new_views)} new views to the top of {config_file}")

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60-66: Consider using argparse for robust argument handling.

The current manual argument parsing doesn't validate the release format or handle invalid flags gracefully. Using argparse would provide better UX with help messages and error handling.

This is a nice-to-have improvement for better CLI ergonomics and consistent error messages.

.claude/commands/sippy-update-ga-release-views.md (1)

69-81: Add language specifier to fenced code block.

The commit message template should have a language specifier for consistent formatting. As indicated by static analysis, this code block is missing a language identifier.

-   ```
+   ```text
    Update base_release relative dates for GA release <release>

.claude/commands/sippy-generate-release-views.md (1)

85-94: Add language specifier to fenced code block.

The commit message template should have a language specifier for consistent formatting.

-   ```
+   ```text
    Add component readiness views for release <target-release>

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• .claude/commands/sippy-generate-release-views.md (1 hunks)
• .claude/commands/sippy-update-ga-release-views.md (1 hunks)
• scripts/generate_release_views.py (1 hunks)

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.claude/commands/sippy-generate-release-views.md

85-85: Fenced code blocks should have a language specified

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.claude/commands/sippy-update-ga-release-views.md

69-69: Fenced code blocks should have a language specified

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🔇 Additional comments (5)

scripts/generate_release_views.py (3)

14-20: Edge case: non-numeric minor version handling.

The function assumes minor is always a valid integer, but if the input contains non-numeric characters (e.g., 4.20-rc1), int(minor) will raise a ValueError. Consider adding validation or a try-except if non-standard version formats are possible.

Is it expected that release versions will always be strictly X.Y numeric format, or could there be suffixes like -rc1 or -beta?

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22-26: LGTM!

The function correctly handles the type check and performs the replacement.

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28-57: LGTM!

The view update logic correctly handles both same-release and cross-release comparison scenarios, and the conditional ga to now replacement aligns with the documented workflow.

.claude/commands/sippy-update-ga-release-views.md (1)

1-151: LGTM!

The documentation is comprehensive, with clear workflow steps, validation requirements, and examples. The distinction between interactive and argument-provided modes is well-explained.

.claude/commands/sippy-generate-release-views.md (1)

1-172: LGTM!

The documentation accurately describes the Python script's behavior, including the view update logic, ga to now replacements, and the preview/apply workflow. The examples are clear and helpful.

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[petr-muller]

LGTM but I am not as knowledgeable in this so holding to allow a review by someone who knows this better

/lgtm
/approve
/hold

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[petr-muller]

/retitle TRT-2452 CR Branching View Commands

[neisw]

/hold cancel

Can rework as needed if issues come up

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